Copyrighting Culture - Political Economy of Intellectual Property

Offering a wide-ranging analysis of copyright law in the United States, this work sets out to demonstrate the power of a wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property.

Sommario

Introduction to the Political Economy of Intellectual Property; Critical Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Copyright; Who Owns the Message?: The Ownership and Control of Culture and Information; The (Political) Economics of Intellectual Property; Capitalism, the State, and Intellectual Property: A Case Study of Compulsory Licenses for Cable Retransmissions; The Law of Intellectual Property: The Videocassette Recorder and the Control of Copyrights; Recolonizing Communications and Culture: The Expanding Realm of International Intellectual Property Law; Intellectual Property and the Politics of Resistance.

Info autore

Ronald V. Bettig is assistant professor of communication at Pennsylvania State University.

Riassunto

Offering a wide-ranging analysis of copyright law in the United States, this work sets out to demonstrate the power of a wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald Bettig, Ronald V Bettig, Ronald V. Bettig, Bettig Ronald V.
• Con la collaborazione di: Herbert I. Schiller (Editore)
• Editore: Perseus Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.08.1996
• EAN: 9780813333045
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3304-5
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Critical Studies in Communicat
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Geistiges Eigentum, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, intellectual property law